A review by talasterism
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

what a warm hug this book was. the exposition of the charactern aka the beginning was quite quite slow but the trust put in me by jole and many others who adored this book made me keep going. its just HHHHHHH so COZY so cozy such a hug! and not just anywhere at SEA, and he loves the sea so much and im right there with him. the smell of sea was mentioned like, a Lot, and i loved every time.  very puhpuhphuphuph very :pleading: emoji, VERY SWEET. SO SWEET!! the character development was soooooo oo oo o o o oo good, such an emotional glow up and arthur /sigh /pos. so strongly gentle, so so gently strong. 
its also funny (e.g. "Linus did his best not to shriek, but unfortunately, his best wasn'T good enough"). and LUCY?? LUCY IS SUCH MY FAVOURITE the fucking unparalleled DRAMA he brought to every conversation??  just the slow build into the family and into being yourself and everything was so lovely. so adorably heart warming. i adore this book, with its healing house, and rolling waves, and those funky lovely people. 
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